This was taken from a series on romantic relationships I preached that started with a teaching called “Finding The ONE.” The basic idea is this.  There is a part of all of us that longs to find our missing piece, our other half, our soul-mate, the one who completes us,

Yes, the Bible is a comedy. Ancient Greek culture has had a “dramatic” impact on Western civilization and Christianity, and therefore the world.  For the ancient Greeks writing and putting on plays and dramas was an important part of their cultural life.  For these people there were only two types

There is this notion floating around that the God of the Bible is a blood-thirsty rage-aholic whose terrifying wrath can only be held off by the offering of blood.  Blood is the only thing that can pacify this God and throughout the Old Testament people offered Him or Her (but

This one comes out of a great conversation I had with a wonderful Christian friend of mine this past week about the Bible and our views of God. One of the things I get to do as a pastor and as a Jesus Follower is work really hard on healing

I had this surprising conversation with my six-year-old daughter the other day.  She is quite a talker with fascinating ideas about almost everything.  For some reason the topic of the moment was how to make the world a better place and how to get people to make good and right

I’m pretty sure when most people think of the Ten Commandments – if they think of them at all – they don’t think, “Wow! What a vision!” I suspect that most people’s thoughts run more along the lines of dismissive irritation – with rules, with authority, etc. – and a

As discussed HERE there are a lot of different ways to read the Bible.  Christians primarily read the Bible to learn about God, gain insight into life, and gain guidance for living. The wonderful thing about having these types of goals in your approach to the Bible is that you

Life is going to have its hardships and its troubles.  It just is.  But there are things we can do to add to our troubles and difficulties in life.  There are places where we hang out, where trouble is more likely to find us. One of the most well-known stories

I heard a wonderful story a while back from the competitive shooting world. Like other sports, there are few people who can bring together all of the qualities necessary to compete at the highest levels of the competitive shooting world.  And in this case I’m specifically meaning pistol shooting.  You

C.S. Lewis was a profound author, academic, and theologian.  Anything he wrote is well worth its place at the top of your reading list. Perhaps the most famous quote attributed to Lewis on the topic of humility is, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”